Title: Sloth
Author: tromana
Rating: Strong T. There's some coarse language in this.
Characters: Peri/Erimem, Six
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who. You knew that already.
Summary: Loneliness has lead to Peri's laziness.
Notes: Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth

Sloth

She was falling to pieces, really, she was. But then again, it was hardly surprising. The Doctor had saved her life but pulled that, that changing stunt on her. Regeneration, or something. His pretty face, his amiable personality, all gone. She knew that she should be grateful that he hadn't died but that was a little hard right now. What he once was had been replaced with a monster. Abrasive, loud and oh my, he had tried to kill her. Peri let a strangled sob escape from her throat but her wracking tears were heard by no one.

Oh how she needed her best friend. Her best friend who was ruling a planet a million miles away and goodness knows when in the past or the future. Maybe even right now. It's hard to know these things when you live in a time machine. She has, is, will be having the time of her life, probably. And Peri knew that Erimem's kids would be just beautiful, like their Mom.

It saddened her that her best friend ever had outgrown her, especially given the current circumstances. So, Peri had taken to holing herself up in her bedroom, just lying around and thinking. She hadn't left the room for a good three days now. Before she had done so, she had even made sure she had plenty of provisions. There were food bars by the dozen, energy drinks, plenty of chocolate. And a good litre of vodka which she had managed to coerce out of the food machine. It went rather well with that very alcoholic lurid green something she had pilfered from the Doctor's bedroom, she had quickly discovered.

She was jolted from her reverie by a sharp knock on her door.

"Peri?" She shuddered as his plumy tomes came through the door. "Are you going to come out of there? You do realise that sloth is one of the seven deadly sins?"

Screw him. And screw the seven deadly sin. She unscrewed the cap of the green stuff and took a swig. Tonight, she was going to get hammered and mourn the loss of good friends.

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